GENEVA (18 February 2021) – UN human rights experts are concerned India’s decision to end Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy and enact new laws could curtail the previous level of political participation of Muslim and other minorities in the country, as well as potentially discriminate against them in important matters including employment and land ownership. The state of Jammu and Kashmir was established with specific autonomy guarantees to respect the ethnic, linguistic and religious identities of its people. It was also the only state in India with a Muslim majority. On…
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Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). Originally published 18 February 2021. This page reproduces only a short excerpt; the complete text remains on the official source website.
